? Obs. [f. prec., or on analogy of vbs. so formed.]
† 1. To tie or unite (one thing to another). Obs.
1626. Cockeram, Alligate, to binde, or tie vp.
1677. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., IV. ii. 305. By the same Divine Ordination … the Faculties specifically belonging to every Individual were annexed and alligated to it.
2. To perform the arithmetical process of alligation.
1672. Salmon, Syn. Med., III. 501. Alligate alternately the quality of the Medicine proposed, with the degree of the Simple with which you desire to raise or depress it.
